Photos of the day

UN general assembly and Yoko Ono art: photos of the day – Thursday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

New York, US

Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen at the United Nations

Photograph: Leon Neal/PA

New York, US

Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 79th United Nations general assembly at the UN headquarters

Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Luxembourg

Pope Francis meets young people as he arrives at Luxembourg airport during a one-day apostolic journey

Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

El Alto, Bolivia

Members of the Ponchos Rojos social movement march in support of the former president Evo Morales

Photograph: Gastón Brito/Getty Images

Kieni, Kenya

A mourner at a memorial service for pupils who died in a school dormitory fire

Photograph: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters

Saksakiyeh, Lebanon

Destruction in an area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes

Photograph: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico City, Mexico

A student takes part in a demonstration to demand justice in the case of the forced disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Normal school in 2014

Photograph: Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP/Getty Images

Portland, England

The wreckage of a Royal Navy Merlin helicopter on a low loader as it is prepared to be transported from Portland Port. The helicopter ditched into the sea during night training off the Dorset coast on 5 September. The pilot, Lt Rhodri Leyshon, was killed and two of the three crew were rescued

Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Indianarae Siqueira (centre), a transgender woman running for city council, walks to a rally with members of her campaign team.

Photograph: Hannah-Kathryn Valles/AP

Dakar, Senegal

Girls watch a football game between two teams from the neighbourhood in Toubab Dialaw on the outskirts of Dakar

Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Düsseldorf, Germany

Visitors look at the 2009 artwork A hole by Yoko Ono during a preview of the solo exhibition Music of the Mind, in cooperation with Tate Modern, at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K20 museum

Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Surfers take to the water at Arpoador beach in 38C weather

Photograph: António Lacerda/EPA

Paris, France

(L-r) Diane Kruger, Anna Wintour, Sienna Miller and Juliette Lewis at the Chloé womenswear spring/summer 2025 show as part of Paris fashion week

Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Wellington, New Zealand

An entertainer performs during the 2024 World of WearableArt preview show at TSB Bank Arena

Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images for World of WearableArt